Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2055 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to raise from $250 to $1,000 the value of an abandoned vehicle for which public auction requirements may be waived.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Customers Services Department and the Windward Ahupua`a Alliance.

This measure would allow for the faster disposal of towed abandoned vehicles. According to testimony, many affected vehicles are missing or have damaged parts that make the value of the vehicle less than $1,000. Current law requiring the appraised value of the vehicle to be $250 is a hindrance to expediently disposing of such vehicles as scrap metal in lieu of auction.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2055 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.